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Are possible gauge fields in a Lagrangian theory always determined by the structure of the charged degrees of freedom?
An elementary example to explain what I mean. Consider introducing a classical point particle with a Lagrangian $L(\mathbf{q} ,\dot{\mathbf{q}}, t)$. The most general gauge transformation is $L ...
